More

More from Complex Networks

Complex International

COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive.

After 10 weeks on top, Cardi B and Maroon 5 have dethroned Drake to take the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Girls Like You." The remix released in late May sat patiently in the No. 2 spot for six weeks before knocking out Drizzy's viral sensation "In My Feelings."

Cardi expressed her excitement over the achievement on IG, and shared a bit of history behind the collab. "My verse almost didn't got approved because I already did two pop records, and my team felt like 'yo it's too early in your career to be doing pop pop pop...' But I was like 'yo trust my judgment. Like this is a motherfucking hit,'" Cardi explains. "And for some reason when I first heard this song it made me wanna cry, maybe because I was pregnant with a girl and the words are just so beautiful."

A post shared by CARDIVENOM (@iamcardib) on Sep 24, 2018 at 11:32am PDT

This marks Maroon 5's fourth No. 1 song, and Cardi B's third—making her the first female rapper with three No. 1 hit songs, following "Bodak Yellow" and "I Like It" with J Balvin and Bad Bunny. Per Billboard, "Girls Like You" is also the first pop song to top the Hot 100 since January.

The remix of "Girls Like You" was accompanied by a star-studded video featuring the likes of Millie Bobby Brown, Ellen, Tiffany Haddish, Gal Gadot, Jennifer Lopez, and more. The original version came out in 2017 on Maroon 5's album Red Pills Blue, but Cardi helped breathe new life into the single, and undoubtedly helped secure this No. 1 spot.